abakedpotato

is there anything i can use for a gasket that can take the heat of the turbo....i figure it'll have to take 1200 degrees at least to be safe?

tranceminister

Pennies too? Jesus thats why I still have a leak, all I used were nickels... :P

Actually I don't think there is a silicone type gasket maker that will withstand that type of heat. I havn't seen any, but there might be some out there. Check the autoparts stores and see what the temp. rating of the stuff is. If that fails you can alway's attempt to make a gasket out of thin sheet metal. Copper's alway's a good gasket material.

abakedpotato

i tried tin, you think copper will do any better? if so i'll give er a shot

tranceminister

Tin was a no go? I think the metal has to be able to crush to a certain extent in order to create a nice seal. A few thin pieces of copper sheet metal should do just fine. I personally don't have any gaskets on my turbo-downpipe or wastegate flanges. They leaked at first a little, but have sealed up since then.

Xgenturbo

Go to a hobby shop, They should have copper sheets big enough to make a flange gasket, they come in various thicknesses too.

J-SMITH69

use a real metal gasket made for your turbo.

if you want to mickey mouse it make somethin outta cooper or whatever, but T3 flange gaskets are cheap...

kain

spare aol cd's come in handy.

accordepicenter

if any of the shitty metal gasket become molten and shoot into the turbo... bye bye turbine wheel!! Just get the real stainless steel gasket... its not like they are $250...

tranceminister

It depends on what turbo he's running... Some are quite a bit more difficult than others to find. If he's in search of a gasket for the 14b thats in his signature, then good luck.